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  MONTREAL -- Quebec's deaf community is celebrating the arrival of the first mask with a transparent window over the mouth that meets Health Canada requiremements. “It's a great victory,” said Audition Quebec president Jeanne Choquette. Choquette said the province's mask mandate, which was first implemented in July, created “a lot of distress” among the hearing impaired. “We read lips. We need to see the mouth,” she said. Choquette said the single-use Humask-Pro Vision was “eagerly awaited” in the health, education and early childhood centre networks. The mask, which ...

The company says a shortage of face masks prompted the group to launch the business at the onset of the pandemic. Entreprise Prémon says production has begun to meet the “strong demand” for this type of face mask in Canada and the United States. “We are currently able to manufacture thousands of masks per week. Starting in January 2021, output will speed up to millions of units per week, because we are on the way to fully automated production,” says Luc Girard, an Entreprise Prémont partner. The Humask-Pro Vision features extra space between the mouth and transparent window, al...

Eyes may be called the window to the soul, but a Quebec manufacturer is adding a window of understanding to surgical masks for the hard of hearing. The masks are disposable and the motivation came from close to home.